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The Shoe Tree in Morley Field, San Diego.

A shoe tree is a tree (or occasionally, a powerline pole or other wooden object) that has been festooned with old shoes, generally due to shoe tossing. Shoe trees are generally located alongside a major local thoroughfare, and may have a theme (such as high-heeled shoes). There are currently at least forty-five such shoe trees in the United States, and an undetermined number elsewhere.

Sardis Shoe Tree
Sardis Shoe Tree, Arkansas - Shown February 2017

List of current known shoe trees

  • Shoe Tree: Cherokee, Alabama
  • Sardis Shoe Tree: Sardis, Arkansas
  • Bra Tree: Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Shoe Tree: Tonto Basin, Arizona
  • Shoe Tree Unloved by the Elderly: Big Bear Lake, California
  • Shoe Tree: Hallelujah Junction, California
  • Shoe Tree: Long Barn, California
  • Ono Shoe Tree: Ono, California
  • Shoe Tree: Ravendale, California
  • Shoe Tree: Rice, California
  • Shoe Tree: Blairsville, Georgia
  • Shoe Tree: St. Simons Island, Georgia
  • Shoe Tree - Only 3 pairs: Kuna, Idaho
  • Shoe Tree: Highland Park, Illinois
  • Shoe Tree: Ottawa, Illinois
  • Shoe Tree: Woodstock, Illinois
  • Shoe Tree: Albany, Indiana
  • Shoe Tree: Milltown, Indiana
  • Shoe Tree: Troy, Indiana
  • Shoe Tree: Murray, Kentucky
  • Shoe Tree: Atlanta, Michigan
  • Shoe Tree - Cursed!: Belding, Michigan
  • Shoe Tree: Comins, Michigan
  • Shoe Tree: Kalkaska, Michigan
  • Shoe Tree: Salem, Michigan
  • Shoe Tree: Strongs, Michigan
  • Urban Shoe Tree: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Shoe Tree, High Heel Variant: Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Shoe Tree: Beatty, Nevada
  • Shoe Tree: Virginia City, Nevada
  • Sneaker Tree - Shoe Trees: Lyndonville, New York
  • Shoe Tree: Bainbridge, Ohio
  • Shoe Tree: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Shoe Tree: Worthington, Ohio
  • Route 66 Shoe Tree: Stroud, Oklahoma
  • Shoe Tree: Alfalfa, Oregon
  • Shoe Tree in a Lovely Park: Beaverton, Oregon
  • Shoe Tree: Bend, Oregon
  • Shoe Tree Formerly in Redmond: Bend, Oregon
  • Shoe Tree: Mitchell, Oregon
  • Shoe Tree: Tumalo, Oregon
  • Dot's Mini Museum - Cowboy Boot Tree: Vega, Texas
  • Shoe Tree: Emery County, Utah
  • Shoe Tree: Hinckley, Utah
  • Shoe Trees: Park City, Utah
  • Shoe Tree: Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • Shoe Tree Junior: Sundance, Wyoming
  • Skater's Tree: Olympia, Washington, Skaters take non-skaters shoes down
  • Shoe Tree: Studley Green, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

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    Branch of a shoe tree in Reno, Nevada

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